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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'Food in the officers' mess excellent'—Auschwitz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Nazi government concerned about regarding institutionalized murder, according to "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?
(a) How long they would have before the machine can be operational.
(b) The speed of the process.
(c) That it was dehumanizing to the soldiers involved in it.
(d) The efficiency of the process.

2. What triggered an expansion of the killing capability of Belzec?
(a) New leadership.
(b) New equipment.
(c) More trains coming to Belzec.
(d) More personnel.

3. What type of village was not targeted by mass killings?
(a) Less than 2,000 people.
(b) Less than 5,000 people.
(c) Less than 1,000 people.
(d) Less than 10,000 people.

4. Where was the first extermination camp opened?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Belzec.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Chelmno.

5. Why did Kretschmer say the local citizenry were like parrots?
(a) They talked a lot.
(b) They were colorful.
(c) They did not speak German.
(d) Because of their predilection for sunflower seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the children have to wait before being executed?

2. What happened to the Jews in German controlled territories after 1942?

3. Who is in the first photograph in "Each time a victim was beaten to death they started to clap"?

4. What did the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" reveal?

5. What method of execution followed shooting the victims while waiting for the industrial solutions to be put in place?

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